Hyderabad: The Nagarkurnool Lok Sabha constituency in the state of Telangana went to polls on April 11 for the 2019 general elections. The Congress fielded Mallu Ravi, a two-term Member of Parliament from this seat in the 10th and 12th Lok Sabha. Bangaru Shruthi, daughter of former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bangaru Laxman, also contested the election along with P Ramulu of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).

The Nagarkurnool Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 seats from the state of Telangana in the lower house parliament. It is one of the three constituencies reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SC) category in the state. It is further divided into seven State Legislative Assembly segments.

The Nagarkurnool constituency has been a stronghold of Congress in the past. In the 2014 general elections, Nandi Yellaiah representing the Congress won, defeating TRS candidate Manda Jagannath, a four-time Member of Parliament from this seat.

Initially, Manda Jagannath was part of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He was expelled from the TDP after he voted against the party in the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha in 2008. He switched his allegiance to the Congress and won the Nagarkurnool seat on a Congress ticket in the 2009 general elections. Yet again, he switched to the TRS hoping to win a fifth term from this seat but was defeated by Congress candidate Nandi Yellaiah.

The state of Telangana went to poll on April 11 and the verdict will be announced on May 23.

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Nagarkurnool (Telangana) Election 2019: Former Congress MP Mallu Ravi looks to retain LS seat third timeDescription:The Nagarkurnool constituency went to polls on April 11 in the first phase. Former Congress MP Mallu Ravi contested against Bangaru Shruthi of the BJP. TRS fielded P Ramulu as its candidate. Times Now